All committee chairs are asked to attend a "wrap up" meeting this Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in meeting room C. We will review what worked and what didn't at this year's dinner and make notes for next year.

Next Sunday we will be welcoming many visitors to our parish for our annual Czech Sausage Dinner. We will set up for the dinner on Friday evening at 6 p.m. On Saturday morning at 9 a.m., we will do our final clean-up and cooking preparations. If you haven't already signed up to do so, please consider donating some baked goods for the country store. If you plan to work at the dinner or attend the 11:30 Mass next Sunday, please park in the back parking lot closest to the open field so that our guests will have plenty of parking spaces available.

The first kolache bake is scheduled for this Thursday (February 14) from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the parish hall kitchen. Mary Knox and Amanda Lawson will be leading us as we prepare 1,000 homemade kolaches to serve with this year's Czech Sausage dinner. Join us to learn and help us with this process!

The 28th annual Czech Sausage Dinner will be on Sunday, March 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parish hall (605 38th Street). Adult meal tickets are $10 each and children's meal tickets are $5 each. The meal features Czech sausage, sauerkraut, bread, parsley potatoes, green beans and all the trimmings. The dinner will includes a drive-through, with takeouts available. There will also be a country store, featuring a number of different items, including religious items. For more information, please call the parish office at 655-3302.

We need any and all parishioners who are willing to help organize this year's Czech Sausage Dinner to attend a meeting this Thursday (January 3) at 7 p.m. in meeting room C in the parish hall. We will look at a timeline for planning and determine who can serve as chair, co-chairs and committee chairs. We need everyone's help, so please make plans to attend this meeting!

We need a new chair and a new raffle chair for the Czech Sausage Dinner in March! This event cannot happen without someone stepping forward to serve. If we do not find a new chair by the end of this month, we will be forced to cancel this year's dinner. Please call the parish office ASAP at 655-3302 if you are willing to take on this responsibility.

Many thanks to everyone who helped to make this year's Czech Sausage Dinner a big success! Special thanks to Sarah Dawes for her tirelss leadership as chair of the event and to all of the committee charis for the time and energy you devoted to your areas of responsibility! Thanks, too, to everyone who volunteered before, during, or after the dinner. While as of this writing all numbers are still being finalized, it appears that we served almost 1,300 meals and will have yielded a profit of about $13,000.

Next Sunday we will be welcoming hundreds of visitors to our parish for our annual Czech Sausage Dinner. If you haven't already signed up for a volunteer job, please do so after Mass this weekend. Also, please consider donating some baked goods for the Country Store. As a reminder, if you are working at the dinner or attending the 11:15 Mass next Sunday, please park in the back parking lot closest to the open field.

Anyone interested in serving on a committee for this year's Czech Sausage Dinner is invited to attend a meeting on Thursday, January 18 at 7 p.m. We are still looking for a co-chair for this year's dinner, so please consider volunteering for that position.

Thank you to everyone who helped to make our Czech Sausage Dinner such a great success! We served more than 1,300 meals! Special thanks to Sarah and Nathan Dawes for chairing this year's event -- and to Anita Fischbacher and Mary Bowling for their sage wisdom and advice -- as well as to all the committee chairs! Thanks to Ron Kershen for driving down to West to pick up the sausage and kolaches. And thanks to all of the volunteers who helped clean the kitchen and hall before the event, set up for the dinner, cook, serve, take and count money, clean up after the meal, and do all of the other jobs associated with this event! The young people of our parish were especially evident as helpers during the meal and that is much appreciated! A dinner like this requires a true community spirit in which everyone pitches in, and that is definitely what we experienced last weekend!

Any parishioners who wish to purchase kolaches at the Country Store during our Czech Sausage Festival are asked to call or text Donna Almond (her number is in the bulletin) with your order *before* Thursday, March 2. All orders will be bagged and kept at the Country Store for pick-up between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 5. Thank you for your help in this effort!

Please pick up raffle tickets to sell or purchase. You may obtain tickets through the parish office, or by contacting raffle chairs, Bruce and Sherri Hartman. Tickets are $5 each, or 5 tickets for $20. Ticket stubs and money should be returned to the parish office or to Bruce or Sherri Hartman, or placed in the collection basket in an envelope that is clearly marked "Sausage Dinner Raffle."

Our first planning meeting for this year's Czech Sausage Festival will be on Thursday, January 12 at 7 p.m. in Meeting Room C. All committee chairs are asked to attend, as well as any other parishioners who are interested in helping to plan the event.

St. Ann’s Catholic Church invites you to our 25th Annual Czech Sausage Dinner on Sunday March, 6th, 2016 from 11 a.m.– 2 p.m. in the Parish Family Center. On the menu is Czech sausage, sauerkraut, bread, parsley potatoes, cole slaw, cobbler & all the trimmings! Drive thru and take out are also available.